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Yast offers ridiculously easy time tracking on the web

Tracking how much time you spend on a project is often a pain, and there are a lot of complex software solutions - both web-based and downloadable - that are more confusing than helpful. Yast, on the other hand is painfully, stupidly easy to use. Pick a project, click and drag on the timeline to indicate when you worked on it, and then enter a note about what you did. That's all. Seriously.

If you want to keep track of your projects in real-time, you can click the play button next to a project to start working, and then click stop when you're done. Two clicks? Even easier than a click and drag! Yast color-codes your projects and keeps track of your total time spent on them, automatically. You can zoom the timeline in and out to make selecting the right timeframe easier. Other than that, Yast has no settings to speak of. If you need anything more elaborate, you'll have to look elsewhere. If you want a bare-bones time tracker that just works, Yast is it.

Filed under: Fun, Time-Wasters

Find inspiration from the Idea Generator - Time Waster

Idea GeneratorBeing an entrepreneur is hard work. Sure you made millions on your "scary aquatic toy". But how are you going to come up with your next bit of "expensive temporary furniture" to keep your empire going?

No, we're not playing a game of Mad Libs. We've just been spending too much time with the Idea Generator. Need a bit of inspiration? Give the wheel of ideas a spin. This little web application has just the right combination of eye-catching but simple graphics and the lack of any practical use. In other words, we can't take our eyes off of it.

Here's how it works. Give the wheel a spin and it will choose from a relatively small list of words. The first two words or phrases generally describe the third. So you wind up with "oversized rubber exercise machine," or "jewel encrusted shrinking house." In other words, every idea is just crazy enough that you can be nearly certain there's a startup dedicated to each fictional product. Perhaps there's still time to register multi-lingualtemporarymovie.com

[via Creative Bits]

Filed under: Business, Design, Developer, Internet, Web services, Social Software

Cuddle up with Huddle - A client service portal

huddle client service portal

How would you like to cuddle up to a secure online space that has the potential to help out your business with some valuable document, project and team tools?

Huddle is based off of a social networking model, without being just another social network. It allows users to network via secure online spaces combining tools that create a professional feel client service portal. Teams can come together with customers to plan out projects and documents, and collaborate on ideas.

A unique dashboard provides an overview of all activities, tasks, and documents that are awaiting review. When viewing projects, users can instantly see who's online, and the progression of projects. There is also a handy calendar that displays upcoming tasks and overdue activities.

Huddle's online tools include:
  • Document sharing - Documents can be uploaded for approval, revisions and version tracking.
  • Project planning - Projects can be planned, with tasks assigned, and progress tracked through a filing cabinet.
  • Idea generation - Ideas can be written down on a whiteboard, and to-do lists can be created.
  • Working together - Teams can gather together and get to know each other better by chatting and reading through bios and personal pages.
Huddle provides three main package solutions that are determined by number of users, file sizes, and monthly fees. Freelancers can enjoy a (converted from UK pound sterling) $10 U.S./month rate, while small businesses can expect to dish out $22 U.S./month to connect teams, suppliers, partners and clients.

Filed under: Business, Design, Developer, Finance, Internet, Utilities, Productivity, Web services

Project planning with Goplan

goplan project managementWeBreakStuff has officially launched their project management solution called Goplan today. The online software is pinned right beside Basecamp, how will it fair out?

Like Basecamp, Goplan's project management solution allows teams to build an area where they can collaborate, manage files, chat and manage timelines through a calendar. Depending on what plan is chosen, teams using Goplan can also:
  • Manage multiple projects
  • Manage task lists
  • Issue tracking
  • Publish public facing project news
  • Synchronize calendar's
  • Real-time chat with project members
  • Control who sees what and how
  • Store project-related files in a secure environment
GoPlan is powered with Amazons EC2 (Elastic Computing Cloud) and their S3 (Scalable Storage Service) as well. The team has been working with a beta account for the past year, and launched the initial alpha on Amazons technology. WeBreakStuff chose to go the Amazon route because they didn't want to be affected by slow servers, thank goodness. Goplan will also use the much talked about OpenId in the future, supporting the ability to use your same login account info for other websites.

Pricing for Goplan's online project management tool ranges from a free two project account with no chat or calendar features, to an unlimited account featuring unlimited projects and 80GB of storage for $100/month. Is it a Basecamp killer? Highly unlikely, but now they have some serious competition in the new cleanly designed Goplan.

Filed under: Internet, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Productivity, Web services, Commercial, Freeware, Social Software

Porchlight - bug tracking made simple for small teams

Porchlight - bug tracking made simple for small teams
If your software or web design project is struggling through the fog, let Porchlight show you and your team the way. This web-based project management and bug tracking service offers user-specific milestone and project tracking, so members of your team only need to see the tasks that matter to them. Email updates and RSS feeds for projects, as well as a subscribe-able calendar for upcoming milestones are but a few of the appealing features for this project management app targeted towards software and web nerds alike. Check out more screenshots after the bump, try out the service for free or check out Porchlight's pricing to see if a plan fits your needs.

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Filed under: Developer, Internet, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Windows Mobile, Symbian, Palm, Web services

Krugle - the developer's search engine

Krugle - your place to find code and technical content

Search engines are great, but what if you're a developer looking for very specific results: code, and sites about code? A new search engine called Krugle might just be the answer. It offers three separate search options: one for code, another called 'Tech Pages' for code documentation, forums and knowledgebase articles, and a third called 'Projects' which, as you might guess, helps developers track down open source projects. Users can even specify which language they're working with and whether they want to filter results from code comments, function calls, class definitions and more.

While I am no developer, this looks like a great tool for the code ninjas amongst us. Krugle is even hiring, too. Are there any DLS readers who have a developer alter-ego? Sound off if you think Krugle is doing you any good.

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The World's Hardest Game 2.0 - Time Waster

So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do. Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game. The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...

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